The Cannes Strongpoint WTO (id:#56563)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 25.2 ID: K)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: SL 9
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
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Overview:

Generally, the American advance through Southern France was so swift that it was rare when the Germans stayed and fought. However, the swiftness of the advance often caused German elements to be cut off and faced with the decision to either fight on in an isolated pocket or to surrender. Outside Cannes on a small hill, one such group set up a well dug-in perimeter and seemed determined to hold out. To dig them out, the Americans committed elements of the 509th Parachute Battalion, supported by heavy weapons and the guns of the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery.
Attacker: American (Companies A+B, 509th Parachute Battalion and 463rd Parachute Field Artillery)
Defender: German (Reserve Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:4.5
AFVs: A:8
M4A3(75)W x 2
M7 HMC x 2
M3 ht x 4

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: German AT must set up in a Pillbox
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-06-15(A) Dan Best vs Paul SidhuA German winTexas Team Tournament 2024
2021-07-13(D) O Ramaille vs German winThe German choose to setup in a restricted circle area (as suggested in the General magazine) with access to pillboxes restricted by cliffes hexsides and very few LOS to the area at lower levels and mines protecting the North approach and wires quite everywhere within the circle. The Americans put their 4 heavy MGs at the second level with a 9-2 leader. They were very effective against one pillbox eliminating one squad. The OBA covered the entire area with smoke but not enough to prevent the German killing stack with the 10-3 leader, a MMG and a HMG to fire with success through smoke and eliminating a US leader and 2 squads. The mines eliminated a halftrack and another squad. The last needed CVP was provided by a Sherman destroyed in CC with ATMM. A very tactical scenario fought in a very short area 6-hex radius and thus a very high density of counters. Better played by VASL.
2020-08-23(D) John Garlic vs David Varick Ready American win[Imported from ROAR]
2019-10-12(D) James Lowry vs Tracey Love German win
2012-08-30(D) Martí Cabré vs Miikka Sohlman American winI think that my German setup was not very good as the Americans had no trouble closing in to the pillboxes. They had a lot of casualties from mines and sniper, going to 14 CVP (German win was 16 CVP), but they pulled a trick from the hat using OBA smoke to cover the last MG LOS to the edge of the map, thus denying the other victory condition.
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Pte Parts Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-07-15 00:01:53
Danno Added a playing2024-06-16 02:43:44
lt_steiner Added a playing2021-07-13 14:26:24
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2021-02-27 00:56:42
Rindis Added a playing2019-10-18 15:12:57
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Avg Rating: 6.00Votes: 7
Views: 7614
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 4.1 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
American2
German5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Cannes Strongpoint [Confirmed]
[A] American 11
[D] German 15
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